Ryan Bertrand has agreed a new double-your-money contract to commit his future to Chelsea.

Despite the fact Bertrand only signed a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge last season, Chelsea have rewarded the 23-year-old for his superb form.

He is now committed to the club until 2017 and is set to become Ashley Cole’s long-term successor at left-back.

Cole is in the final year of his Chelsea contract and the club are yet to agree a new deal with the 31-year-old.

England international Cole’s frustration boiled over on Friday night, when he took to Twitter to hit out at Chelsea’s Super Cup thrashing at the hands of Atletico Madrid.

Cole tweeted: “Well, that was a lesson, absolute joke. No fight, desire, passion and a big reality check.”

European champion: Now Roy Hodgson is keen to have Bertrand around in the England set up (Image: Reuters)

The new contract caps another memorable week for Bertrand after he was included in Roy Hodgson’s England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

And Hodgson has picked out Bertrand as a player he has high hopes for ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

“We are going to need to blood younger players by 2014,” said Hodgson. “My hope is by blooding some of them early doors they will get the necessary experience during the period of time that we will qualify. And I’m hoping they will be good enough and ready to give it a good shot in Brazil.

“Ryan Bertrand is a good example. We could have left him out of this squad if everyone else was fit. We have players on the left.

“But we were keen to have Ryan with us because maybe in a couple of years he will play a bigger part. We do definitely think in those terms, but I’m not thinking beyond the World Cup. I’m thinking about qualifying and doing the best we can.”

Bertrand has started two of Chelsea’s first three Premier League games on the left side of midfield and offers Hodgson a valuable option if England need to defend a lead.